Sergei Kiriyenko met with families participating in the All-Russian Family Forum Dear — Loved Ones
First
Deputy Chief of Staff of the Presidential Executive Office Sergei Kiriyenko
visited the All-Russian Family Forum Dear — Loved Ones, which is taking place
at the International RUSSIA EXPO venue, and met with family dynasties from
different regions of the country.
In the
Regions of Russia pavilion, Sergei Kiriyenko joined the participants of the
Connoisseurs of the Motherland track of the Dynasties of Russia contest, which
is held as part of the family forum. The contestants introduced the guests of
the exposition to the traditions of their regions, told about the cultural and
historical features of their small homeland.
A large
family of Sergienko-Yeliseevs from the Lugansk People's Republic shared their
story. The mother — Marina Sergienko — is a teacher of history and social
studies, and her husband Vasily Yeliseev serves in the zone of special military
operation.
"We
believe that the sense of patriotism should be instilled from a young age, so
that children know how important it is to stand up in defence of their
Motherland and their family in a difficult moment," said Marina Sergienko
during the excursion. She told that there are five children in their family,
they are engaged in the children's art school and actively participate in the
Movement of the First. The forum Dear – Loved Ones became a great opportunity
for the family to show their talents and get acquainted with families from
other regions of Russia. Together they performed a song dedicated to the
Lugansk land.
Families
from Mari El and Chuvashia also presented stands of their republics. The
Shabdarov family came to the forum from the Mari backland. "There are
seven children in our family: four girls and triplet boys, who received the
names of Russian bogatyrs - Ilya, Nikita and Alexey. Our family is a creative
one. The boys perform in the Triplets ensemble, which won the Future of Russia
National Prize," shared the head of the family Sergey Shabdarov.
The
Semyonov family from Chuvashia is represented by three generations at the
forum. They gave a tour in national costumes and spoke to the guests of the
forum about the sights and traditions of the republic. "We consider the
greatest achievement not only of Chuvashia, but in general of our country to be
the embroidered map of Russia, which we collected from all regions, and it is
great that, having united in this embroidery, we are united here at the
All-Russian Family Forum," said Alevtina Semyonova.
Sergei Kiriyenko also visited the House of Russian Cuisine, where participants of the contest track Family Recipes competed in cooking traditional dishes. The Votintsev family from Udmurtia treated the visitors of the exposition to a national dish - perepechi with cabbage. Together with the Votintsevs the perepechi were cooked by the large family of Koryakins. They bring up five children. Professional chefs of the House of Russian Cuisine help the families with cooking.
In the Home of Youth, where within the framework of the Dear — Loved Ones forum competition track Jack of All Trades is held, the guests were met by a large family of Bichevins from the Irkutsk region. There are nine children in the family, and they all came to the forum together. And the head of the family with 48 years of experience from the Republic of Adygea Zaurbiy Zekhov told that his large and friendly family last year became the winner of one of the nominations of the regional stage of the Family of the Year contest. "Family is the foundation of everything. The Motherland begins with the family. A good, strong family is a strong country!" said the head of the Zekhov family.
Sergei
Kiriyenko thanked the families for their active participation in the forum,
creative performances and touching stories. The contest Dynasties of Russia of
the Dear – Loved Ones forum will continue until January 22 and will end with
the concert program Family Talent Show, during which the dynasties will present
their creative numbers.
The first event to be held at the Russia National Centre, which is being established by the order of President Vladimir Putin, will be the International Science Fiction Symposium and Exhibition "Inventing the Future". The symposium will take place from November 4 to 6.
Tomorrow, the International RUSSIA EXPO will conclude its work. From November 2023 to July 2024, it was visited by more than 18 million guests.
Every day, for eight months, the RUSSIA EXPO delighted guests and gave unforgettable emotions.
